Clouds and Storm Safety
What are clouds made of?
What are water and dust particles?
This has heavy winds and can damage homes and cars.
What is a tornado?
Use these to protect your home from a flood.
Sandbags
I measure the speed of wind
What is anemometer
This is a rise of water with no place to go.
Flood
Home or business owners might do this if their property is threatened by a wildfire.
What is spray water?
This can flood homes due to heavy winds and rain.
What is a hurricane?
This type of climate is close to the equator
Tropical
If you have a fever or to measure the temperature of the air, use me.
What is a thermometer?
This tool is used on Mount Charleston and tells people there how much snow has fallen.
Snow gauge
This goes on top of a building or home during thunderstorms to protect it from being struck.
What is a lightning rod?
This has rain, thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
This climate is always cold
polar
Feeling like the air is weighing down on you? To measure air pressure, use me.
What is a barometer?
This is a continuous period of dry weather.
Drought
A wind resistant roof will help protect your home from this type of storm.
What is a tornado?
You should stay away from windows for this type of storm.
What is a tornado?
Not much rain occurs in this climate
Dry or Arid
Curious about how much rain fell in a certain period of time? Use me to measure it.
What is a rain gauge?
Use this weather tool to report the direction the wind is blowing.
Weather vane
Clouds form when this kind of air rises, expands and cools.
What is warm air?
You should move inland and board up your windows during this type of storm.
What is a hurricane?
This climate is found in San Diego because its weather is mild all year round.
Temperate
You feel this when there is moisture in the air and it is very hot.
Humidity
This object carries weather instruments up into the air and sends data back to Earth to help meteorologists forecast the weather.
Weather balloons